A second witness has come forward to WYFF News 4 to dispute investigators' account of a deadly officer-involved shooting yesterday along Piedmont Highway.

A second witness has come forward to WYFF News 4 to dispute investigators' account of a deadly officer-involved shooting yesterday along Piedmont Highway.

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Updated: 6:50 PM EDT Jun 3, 2014

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WEBVTT TONIGHT ... ANOTHER PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHOOTING A MAN IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. GOOD EVENING. I'M CAROL GOLDSMITH. AND I'M MICHAEL COGDILL. A DEPUTY SHOT AN UNARMED MAN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AND TONIGHT... WE'RE HEARING FROM SOMEONE ELSE .. WHO CONTRADICTS WHAT OFFICERS HAVE TOLD US. WYFF NEWS FOUR'S ANGELA RODRIGUEZ JOINS US LIVE AND LOCAL OUTSIDE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. ANGELA-- THIS COULD BE CRUCIAL TO THE INVESTIGATION? DEPUTIES TELL US THE MAN WAS SHOT OUTSIDE OF THE CAR BY A DEPUTY IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE. BUT YESTERDAY ... A MAN CLAIMING TO BE A WITNESS TOLD US THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND TONIGHT A WOMAN IS ALSO CLAIMING-- THE PASSENGER WAS SHOT INSIDE OF THE CAR. 13:26 his door opened and bam, bam, bam it was a done deal. A 2ND PERSON ... WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED... SAYS THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED MONDAY DID NOT DO WHAT OFFICERS CLAIM. 09:00 his family needs to know that's not what happened. He did not advance at anybody he did not get out of the car. EARLY MONDAY MORNING DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THIS CITGO ON PIEDMONT HIGHWAY. ON WORD OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE PARKED AT A GAS PUMP FOR HOURS. DEPUTIES SAY 2 MEN WERE IN THE CAR ASLEEP... AND THERE WAS A GUN ON THE DRIVER'S LAP. OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE CAR. ARRESTED THE DRIVER. THIS IS WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THE PASSENGER WAS SOON KILLED. C17 12:51:49 " They continue to give him the commands 'show me your hands, show me your hands.' He comes out of the car, still not complying with them. He actually turns toward one of the deputies and advances on him, reaches into his waistband. We know that we've already got one weapon inside of the car. He reaches towards his waistband, advances toward the deputy. In fear of his safety, the deputy fired at least one time striking the suspect." THIS PERSON -- WHO SAYS HE'S AN EYEWITNESS -- SAYS THE PASSENGER'S FAMILY DESERVES TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 12:04 that was a complete lie. That was a lie and i'm a witness to that. I can say that did not happen that way. That man never advanced on anybody. He couldn't go nowhere. His door opened with a pump there. Where was he going to go? 12:20 and there wasn't just 1 cop. four or five were standing around. They all need to come clean on that. SLED IS STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. AN AUTOPSY TODAY CONCLUDED THE PASSENGER-- 22 YEAR OLD JORDAN BROWDER DIED OF MULTIPLE GUN SHOT WOUNDS. ANGELA RODRIGUEZ WYFF NEWS 4 GREENVILLE.

2nd witness says she say deputy involved shooting

A second witness has come forward to WYFF News 4 to dispute investigators' account of a deadly officer-involved shooting yesterday along Piedmont Highway.